Alonso Gets McLaren Mercedes-Benz SLR 722 As a Company Car

Now that Formula One champ Fernando Alonso is driving for McLaren, the 25-year old Spaniard has been given the best that the company has to offer. He’s taken delivery of the ultra-rare Mercedes-McLaren 722, describing it as the “prettiest car in the world.” We can’t help but feel he’d say something along the same lines for the Mercedes R-Class too. At least the 722 has 650hp (485kW) on tap.

Constructed at the same Woking base in the UK as the MP4-22 racecar, the special edition SLR is 1 of only 150 cars in production. It was developed with the aid of supercar legend Gordon Murray, and manages to complete the 0-100km/h dash in just 3.6 seconds. The odd 722 labeling comes from a race in 1955 in which Stirling Moss competed in a Mercedes Benz 300 SLR, starting the race at exactly 7.22am.

Alonso will rely on the stylish Mercedes CLS sedan as his daily driver, but we’d also suggest he gets a new hairstylist as part of his package. Mercedes didn’t announce what Alonso’s rookie teammate Lewis Hamilton would be getting, but we’ve heard rumors about a B-class. But seriously, we’re looking forward to seeing what Ron Dennis’ protege can muster up on the track.

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silverarrow2 - 1/17/2007 6:13:35 PM

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Some company car.

Can I be an employee too.

silverarrow2 - 1/17/2007 6:13:52 PM

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rom64 - 1/17/2007 11:24:30 PM

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you think they got employee pricing deals on this baby!?

Murcielago_LP640 - 1/18/2007 2:46:54 AM

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Damn.

JUGNU - 1/18/2007 6:09:31 AM

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Somewhere i read In an article about the Alonso's switch to Mclaren.

One of the factors could be that He was fed up with the company's Megane.
After all the World champ needs and deserve a better car.

So i think now he will be quite happy.(And be able to race with his rivals off the track too).

BTW, now I am eager to see Kimi's Ferrari VS Alonso's SLR 722 race on and off the track.

JUGNU

07mcs - 1/18/2007 5:06:22 PM

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The reason Alonso switched camp, is because Renault were taking forever to decide if they would commit to F1 or pull out and he wanted to secure his future. Also during 2005 season he saw how fast McLaren were and that prompted him to switch. At that time Ferrari's seat was still occupied by Schumacher, so they didn't offer him a ride.

AUTO_UNION - 1/18/2007 9:23:44 AM

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Jugnu
Renault has curently the best f1 car.

07mcs - 1/18/2007 5:08:24 PM

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are you talking about 2007? in 2006 they had the best car at the beginning, but towards the end the Ferrari was the class of the field. Some point out that the Renault was built around the mass damper and was they were forbidden to use it, they were not able to extract maximum potential of the car. It is odd, that during 2005 Renault had the mass damper and it was never deemed illegal until 2006.

sebastianmejia17 - 1/18/2007 11:35:17 PM

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Isn't that a Million dollar car??? What can I say. Alonso needs to improve his English, period!!